Non-DVC timeshares

[christineinvegas]

We own in Orlando, but typically trade thru II. Our maintenance fees are $1200 every other year. We have a 2BR that we can use 1BR at a time to fill the "gap year".

We are about to the point where it is break even - if we can find something to trade for.

If you count $600/year for maintenance + the II membership fees + the exchange fee ......well, it's almost more expensive. We have used it for a cruise (terrible waste of "credit"), Reno, Maui, Branson, and Orlando. Right now I'm trying to get a 2BR in Hawaii for October....no luck yet.

Our aunt & uncle own 4 timeshares. They seem to value them. Their maintenance fees are 600, 900, 400, and something a year. I can't see how it's worth it....but they buy more almost every other time they come to town. LOL

 

[VicRock]

We bought resale on ebay through Wyndham in 2009. So far we've not had problems using it where we've wanted to. If you go to the owner meetings, they are sometimes hard sale but they seem to have gotten better about that lately. Last September we stayed at Wilderness of the Smokies (Pigeon Forge) which has an inclusive waterpark. We'll be using it this November at Bonnet Creek (Orlando) making it our first trip to Disney with our little man. There is nothing in Pittsburgh, the closest you'll get is DuBois (which you may have to deposit points into RCI), which is about 2 hours away. For us, the maintenance fees are about what we would spend for a 1 week vacation - way less than what we'll be spending at Disney just for 7-day tickets. But maintenance will depend on where you have your deed. Here's a link to their resorts: https://www.clubwyndham.com/cw/resorts.page - different tiers may limit availability & there may be additional fees for some.